Justice is BLIND Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 5/18/2023
Actions
- 2023-05-18Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-05-18Introduced in House
- 2023-05-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-18 (00)
Justice is Beneficial Limitation on Investments and Necessary Disclosure Act of 2023 or the Justice is BLIND Act of 2023
This bill requires a federal judge, as well as any spouse or dependent child of a federal judge, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a federal judge.
Cosponsors (20)
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Wiley Nickel (D-NC)
- Norma Torres (D-CA)
- Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- Troy Carter (D-LA)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
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